Following a scoreless first 20 minutes, the Admirals ran into some trouble after defenseman Josh Manson received a five-minute boarding penalty and game misconduct when he shoved Providence rookie Alexander Khokhlachev into the side boards of the Norfolk zone. The Bruins went on a five-minute power play as a result but ran into a thriving Admiral netminder in Brad Thiessen. Thiessen held his ground and helped kill off the entire penalty along with the assistance of a sturdy group of defenseman in front of him.

Less than two minutes later, Norfolk surprised the Bruins as Emerson Etem curled a wraparound pass to a crashing William Karlsson who finished up close for his first goal as an Admiral at 16:05 of the second.

The Bruins put 26 pucks on net through two periods compared to just 14 for the Admirals. Despite controlling possession and generating the majority of scoring chances, Providence trailed Norfolk 1-0 heading into the third period.

As the halfway mark of the final period passed, the Bruins evened up the contest with a Chris Casto blast near the top of the slot that got by a screened Thiessen. Casto’s equalizer lit the lamp at 10:07 of the third and set up a pressure-packed final 9:53 for the Admirals.

The 1-1 score stood through the rest of regulation, forcing the overtime skate.

On a breakaway with under two minutes to go in overtime, Thiessen denied the original swooping attempt on net by Andrew Cherniwchan but Zack Trotman stuffed a loose puck beneath a sprawling Thiessen to lift the Bruins to a 2-1 overtime victory. The game-winner crossed the goal line at 3:16 of the extra session.

Norfolk was 0-for-3 on the power play and shut down the Bruins on each of their four man advantages.

The Admirals stay in ninth place and move on to Worcester, Massachusetts for a matchup with the Sharks Saturday night at 7:00 p.m.